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Digestion and Absorption

Previous year questions with solutions · 2000 – 2026

58Questions
29Papers covered
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Year-wise statistics questions · papers · average per paper · weightage
YearQuestionsPapersAvg / paperWeightage
20232125.41% ↓6.8%
20224225.80% ↑15.9%
20212125.00% →0%
20202125.00% ↓7.5%
20192125.41% ↓5.4%
20182125.71% ↓35.2%
20173138.82% ↑186.8%
20162213.08% ↓53.8%
20154226.67% ↓3.3%
20142126.90% ↑58.6%
2013321.54.35% ↑23.9%
20122213.51% ↓45.6%
20114226.45% ↑3.2%
20104226.25% ↓34.4%
20094149.52% ↑76.2%
20082125.41% ↑51.4%
20071113.57% ↓71.4%
200541412.50% ↑87.5%
20042126.67% ↑3.3%
20032126.45% ↓6.5%
20022126.90% ↑120.7%
20011113.12% ↓42.2%
20002125.41%

⚠ 58 of these questions are out of the current syllabus (marked on the question).

20 questions · newest paper first

1

Which of the following functions is not performed by secretions from salivary glands?

  1. Control bacterial population in mouth
  2. Digestion of complex carbohydrates
  3. Lubrication of oral cavity
  4. Digestion of disaccharides
Out of syllabusNEET (UG) 2022
2

Choose the incorrect enzymatic reaction:

  1. Dipeptides Dipeptidases Amino acids
  2. Maltose Maltase Glucose + Fructose
  3. Sucrose Sucrase Glucose + Fructose
  4. Lactose Lactase Glucose + Galactose
Out of syllabusNEET (UG) 2022 (Phase 2)
3

Succus entericus is referred to as :

  1. Chyme
  2. Pancreatic juice
  3. Intestinal juice
  4. Gastric juice
Out of syllabusNEET (UG) 2021
4

The enzyme enterokinase helps in conversion of

  1. pepsinogen into pepsin
  2. protein into polypeptides
  3. trypsinogen into trypsin
  4. caseinogen into casein
Out of syllabusNEET (UG) 2020
5

Which of the following gastric cells indirectly help in erythropoiesis?

  1. Mucous cells
  2. Parietal cells
  3. Chief cells
  4. Goblet cells
Out of syllabusNEET 2018
6

Which of the following options best represents the enzyme composition of pancreatic juice?

  1. Amylase, Pepsin, Trypsinogen, Maltase
  2. Peptidase, Amylase, Pepsin, Rennin
  3. Lipase, Amylase, Trypsinogen, Procarboxypeptidase
  4. Amylase, Peptidase, Trypsinogen, Rennin
Out of syllabusNEET 2017
7

The enzyme that is not present in succus entericus is

  1. nucleosidase
  2. lipase
  3. maltase
  4. nuclease.
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2015
8

Gastric juice of infants contains

  1. pepsinogen, lipase, rennin
  2. amylase, rennin, pepsinogen
  3. maltase, pepsinogen, rennin
  4. nuclease, pepsinogen
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)
9

The initial step in the digestion of milk in humans is carried out by

  1. lipase
  2. trypsin
  3. rennin
  4. pepsin.
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2014
10

A healthy person eats the following diet – 5 g raw sugar, 4 g albumin, 10 g pure buffalo ghee adulterated with 2 g vegetable ghee (hydrogenated vegetable oil) and 5 g lignin. How many calories he is likely to get?

  1. 126
  2. 164
  3. 112
  4. 144
Out of syllabusNEET 2013 (Karnataka)
11

Which enzymes are likely to act on the baked potatoes eaten by a man, starting from the mouth and as it moves down the alimentary canal?

  1. Pancreatic amylase Salivary amylase Lipases
  2. Disaccharidase like maltase Lipases Nucleases
  3. Salivary amylase Pancreatic amylase Disaccharidases
  4. Salivary maltase Carboxy peptidase Trypsinogen
Out of syllabusNEET 2013 (Karnataka)
12

Two friends are eating together on a dining table. One of them suddenly starts coughing while swallowing some food. This coughing would have been due to improper movement of

  1. epiglottis
  2. diaphragm
  3. neck
  4. tongue
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2011 (Prelims)
13

Which one of the following enzymes carries out the initial step in the digestion of milk in humans?

  1. Trypsin
  2. Pepsin
  3. Rennin
  4. Lipase
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2011 (Prelims)
14

If for some reason the parietal cells of the gut epithelium become partially non-functional, what is likely to happen?

  1. The pancreatic enzymes and specially the trypsin and lipase will not work efficiently.
  2. The pH of stomach will fall abruptly.
  3. Steapsin will be more effective.
  4. Proteins will not be adequately hydrolysed by pepsin into proteoses and peptones.
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2010 (Mains)
15

Which one of the following pairs of food components in humans reaches the stomach totally undigested?

  1. Starch and fat
  2. Fat and cellulose
  3. Starch and cellulose
  4. Protein and starch
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2009
16

Which one of the following is the correct matching of the site of action on the given substrate, the enzyme acting upon it and the end product?

  1. Small intestine : Proteins Pepsin amino acids
  2. Stomach : Fats Lipase micelles
  3. Duodenum : Triglycerides Trypsin monoglycerides
  4. Small intestine : Starch -Amylase disaccharide (maltose)
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2008
17

The richest sources of vitamin B12 are

  1. goat's liver and Spirulina
  2. chocolate and green gram
  3. rice and hen's egg
  4. carrot and chicken's breast.
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2004
18

Hydrolytic enzymes which act at low pH are called

  1. proteases
  2. -amylases
  3. hydrolases
  4. peroxidases.
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2002
19

In mammals milk is digested by the action of

  1. rennin
  2. amylase
  3. intestinal bacteria
  4. invertase
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2000
20

A person is eating boiled potato; his food contains the component

  1. cellulose which is digested by cellulase
  2. starch which is not digested
  3. lactose which is not digested
  4. DNA which can be digested by pancreatic DNase
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2000